Product Description

In this enjoyable addition to the renowned Arden Shakespeare series, approximately 3000 quotations, both familiar and little-known, are drawn from throughout Shakespeare's work, both plays and poems. Quotations are selected for their intrinsic interest and organised by topic, as being both user-friendly and stimulating for the casual reader, with speaker and play reference, and with some annotation to give a context to the quotation.A Brief general introduction outlining the purpose and use of the volumeA Shakespeare biography A Chronology of playsA Keyword indexA Selections from Arden glossary

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #182113 in Books
• Published on: 1999-10-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 408 pages

Customer Reviews

Fantastic resource for writers
You know the feeling. You are writing an essay or piece of journalism and you need a quote to illustrate a point. You could turn to one of the mammoth lists of quotes from across the board of writers, politicians and celebrities, but Shakespeare seems to have commented on every aspect of human existence anyway. This is an excellent collection and orders the quotes in a way that makes them very easy to reference. It contains thousands of quotes, from the very familiar that everyone knows to some obscure references that will surprise your readers. Well worth the money as many of these Shakespearean quotes are not included in general collections.